Top 12 Houses with the most unique and strange architecture in the world

Designed by famous and talented architects around the world, with a special, unique design style, with "sky-high" prices. Below are houses with unique and strange architecture at the most expensive prices in the world.

1. Airplane house in Nigeria

In the world today, there are many unique and creative houses that attract the eyes of many people. But in Nigeria, perhaps this house becomes even more unique for those who love to travel, because it is designed in the shape of an airplane. This unique house was built by Mr. Said Jammal, a Nigerian-Lebanese man. The idea for him to design this house was inspired by his wife's passion for traveling.

This airplane house was built in Asokoro district in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. Like many other houses, this unique house also has full amenities, from swimming pool, altar room, bedroom, living room to large garden. It took Mr. Jamal 3 years to complete the house after modifying it many times to meet the family's needs.
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2. Shoe-shaped house in Pennsylvania

The beauty of modern architecture while still being able to blend into the nature outside if you have the opportunity to visit this house will make visitors feel it. The architects made it more welcoming by opening lots of windows from all sides. The name is enough for you to imagine its structure. The house is built quite strangely in the shape of a shoe.


The shoe-shaped house, worth $127,000, was built in 1948 by eccentric millionaire Colonel Mahlon Haines. The original purpose was to promote Haines' business, but later became a nursing home. The house is 13.7m long, 5.1m wide and 7.6m high and includes two bathrooms, three bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen. Recently, the house has been improved and is used as a unique museum. This house was built by shoe salesman Mahlon Haines in 1948 to advertise his wares. This house easily arouses curiosity for those who see it. The living room is located at the toes, the kitchen at the heel, two bedrooms at the ankle and an ice cream shop at the instep.
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3. Shell house in Mexico City

This unique house with snail-shaped architecture is worth 218,000 USD and was built by an architect from the Arquitectura Organica architectural association named Javier Senosisain. His ideas were inspired by the design works of Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright, this unique house is considered a wonderful blend of humans and the natural world. This house was designed for a young family who wished to live in a house with a very special architecture.


If you wonder what it's like to live in a snail shell, you can visit the special house called Nautilus in Mexico City. This shell-shaped house was built in 2006. It is designed not to be similar to conventional houses but instead to be a friendly and close-to-nature building. From the outside , this house resembles a giant nautilus shell.
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4. Mushroom house in Cincinnati, Ohio

This special house is located in Hyde Park, Ohio, USA, with a value of up to 349,000 USD. This house is the design work of architect Terry Brown, lecturer in the department of architecture and interior design at the University of Cincinnati. The project uses many different types of materials including wood, colored glass, ceramics and many different metals combined to form a number of irregular but very unique and impressive shapes. This Mushroom House is located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was built entirely to serve university students from 1992 to 2006 as their second home.


Architect Terry Brown, who designed the house, received a lot of criticism when he built the unusually shaped house in a fairly upscale area of ​​Cincinnati, Ohio. Brown's idea developed as he began experimenting with materials such as wood, colored glass, shells, ceramics and various metals to create designs whose shapes mimicked those found. seen in nature. Although he was a professor of architecture and interior design at the University of Cincinnati, Brown often had to defend the house's unique design against detractors from neighbors before his death in 2008.

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5. The Dog House in Cottonwood, Idaho

This is a unique and quite famous boarding house called the Dog Bark Inn, a masterpiece of the artist couple Dennis Sullivan and Frances Conklin. The house was built in 2003, with a value of up to 1 million USD in the shape of two Beagle hunting dogs. In addition to renting out these two special houses, this couple also sells souvenirs carved with funny dogs from wood. The dog-shaped house named Dog Bark Park Inn is an interesting place in Cottonwood, Idaho. The house has a height of 9 meters and was built in 2003. Visitors must book in advance to have the opportunity to stay overnight and enjoy breakfast in this unique house.


If you are a dog lover, The Dog Bark Park Inn in the US is the perfect choice. This hotel is shaped like a giant dog. A maximum of 4 guests can stay here per night. The 2-storey design of the house is completely filled with cute animals that are attached to humans. Dog Bark Park Inn hotel was built in Cottonwood city, Indiana, USA. This is a project designed by couple Frances Conklin and Dennis Sullivan in the shape of their pet dogs.
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6. Toilet-shaped house in Korea

This unique two-story toilet-shaped structure, worth $1.1 million, was built by Mayor Sim Jae Duck of Suwon City to commemorate the first meeting of the World Toilet Association in 2007. toilet was born with the purpose of providing clean and effective toilet systems for more than 2 billion people living without toilets in the world. With a total area of ​​nearly 420 square meters, this house includes a main entrance through a large rooftop balcony, a large and single bathroom located right in the middle of the house.


Haewoojae House is located in Suweon city, 40km south of the Korean capital Seoul. This toilet-shaped house is built from materials including steel, white concrete and glass. It is known that Haewoojae was built as part of a campaign to call on people to pay attention to environmental sanitation. Although surrounded by green forests, Haewoojae toilet house does not have a swimming pool. The owner of Haewoojae also built a number of other outbuildings within the house's premises. According to the owner, this is the first toilet-shaped house in the world.
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7. House shaped like a VW Beetle in Austria

This is a house designed by talented architect Maskus Voglreiter, located in Gigi near Salzburg, Austria, completed in 2003 with a value of up to 1.4 million USD. Not only is it a house with a unique architectural style similar to the suburban house style of the 1970s, especially its shape is quite similar to a Volkswagen Beetle. This project is also recognized as environmentally friendly and energy saving.


“The Car.Das Auto” restaurant and Auto Residence are two unique architectures based on the classic design of the legendary VW Beetle, located in the north of Salzburg, Austria. The idea of ​​​​designing two unusual houses began nearly a decade ago when the owners of 70s-style houses located next to the nature reserve in Gnigl, near the city of Salzburg, shared their wishes. wanted with architect Markus Voglreiter. Their goal is to transform the appearance of the house into a car, with bold lines of the "Beetle". Their dream was realized when the project was completed in 2003.

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8. Waterfall House, Pennsylvania

Built on a waterfall in 1935, this house designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kauffman family is worth up to 2.6 million USD. With poetic and peaceful scenery amidst nature with the sound of waterfalls flowing day and night. This house is truly the dream of anyone who wants to immerse themselves in the natural world, not affected by the hustle and bustle of modern life. The villa was skillfully and meticulously built on the Bear Run waterfall (USA), helping people enjoy peaceful nature with the sound of flowing water day and night.


Located on Bear Run waterfall, Pennsylvania (USA), Fallingwater villa is considered one of the most beautiful buildings of all time in American architecture. The main structure of the entire 3-storey villa is a balcony support system made of reinforced concrete. The interior of the house is made from materials close to nature to help balance with modern architectural ideas. Large glass doors help homeowners enjoy food while admiring the natural scenery outside. With the stratified structure of the cliff layers above the waterfall, building a resort villa above is not a simple job. This house is considered the place you need to go in your life.

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9. Steel buildings in Ramsom Canyon, Texas

Designed by talented architect and sculptor Robert Bruno, this house with mainly steel materials is worth up to 3 million USD and took 23 years to complete construction with 110 tons of steel included. coming from all over the world. This house is considered one of the world's artistic masterpieces and with it, author Bruno proudly calls himself an "architectural sculpture artist". Robert Bruno - a man who calls himself an architect, sculptor and artist, created a steel house - an artistic masterpiece. Aesthetic taste and engineering talent blend in a spectacular structure weighing more than 100 tons. As far as flights of fancy go, the Steel House in Ransom Canyon east of Lubbock, Texas, the brainchild of steel sculptor Robert Bruno, himself is in a classroom. It is a dome-shaped building built with 110 tons of steel. Among all the famous steel buildings in the country, this one is unique.

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10. Bubble castle in France

This unique architectural work is located on the southwest coast of France. Famously known as the "bubble castle", designed by an architect famous for his rebellion against tradition named Antti Lovag. This building has an area of ​​nearly 4,000 square meters with a total of 28 bedrooms, designed in a circular shape with a round bed. The estimated value of this house is up to 9 million USD. This building is used to organize many large parties and events. With this unique architectural style, the French Ministry of Culture has officially recognized this building as a historical monument even though it has not yet been registered. 50 years old.


Looking at the overall structure of this mansion, it is not difficult to explain why Palais Bulles is called "Bubble Castle". The house was built between 1975 and 1989. This mansion is more like a miniature village than a house. The living room architecture is also designed according to the bubble theme. The sofa is also made into a round shape. The reception room still has circular structures but has wooden furniture with very different and unique shapes. The mansion has 10 bedrooms. This is a bedroom overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and Cannes Bay.

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11. Hang Nga Guesthouse, Da Lat, Vietnam

Hang Nga Villa or Crazy House (known in English as: Crazy House) is a motel in Da Lat, located at 3 Huynh Thuc Khang on a campus of nearly 2,000 m2. This house is famous for its special architectural style.


Since its opening in 1990, this building has been recognized for its unique architecture, has been highlighted in tourist guidebooks and is ranked among the top 10 strangest buildings by People's Daily. of China.

Hang Nga Villa includes many buildings and guest houses, cafes and art galleries with a distinctive style. The building's interior includes caves, winding hallways, winding staircases, quirky furniture and large animal statues. There are no straight lines and straight angles, no "straight lines". It can give the impression of spaces, hallways, stairs, windows or furniture – everything appears as if it has been melted at high temperatures and then frozen in a grotesque shape.

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12. No Man's Fort, Portsmouth, Anh

Renovated from a fortress located in the middle of the British Solen Strait, No Man's Fort hotel is a luxurious destination with lavish parties and luxurious resort services for tourists. Anyone can organize a James Bond-style wedding on land, but No Man's Fort hotel in the middle of the sea is definitely a more grand location to hold an extremely memorable event. No Man's Fort is a luxurious and secluded tourist destination located on the English Solent, 1.4 miles from the Isle of Wight. This fortress was built in 1867 to protect the city of Portsmouth, but today, it has been refurbished into a hotel and rented out for lavish parties, or as a retreat away from the world. noisy.


This fortress has 4 floors with a total area of ​​nearly 7,000 square meters for entertainment, relaxation and dining. The hotel has 22 bedrooms, a billiards room, games room, outdoor hot tub, sundeck, sundeck and spa. Guests who love adventure can enjoy canoe racing, high-speed jet skiing, kayaking, or kite surfing. No Man's Fort will open to welcome guests on April 23. A three-day vacation for two people here costs about 514 USD/person.
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